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Lady Hollyhock 

AND HER FRIENDS 





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HOLLYHOCK PLACE 



LADY HOLLYHOCK 
AND HER FRIENDS 

A Book of Nature Dolls and Others 

By 

Margaret Coulson Walker 

Author of " Our Birds and Their Nestlings " 

Drawings by 
MARY ISABEL HUNT 



"The more things thou learnest to know and enjoy, the more 
complete and full will be for thee the delight of living." — Phlalen 



THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY, Publishers 
33-37 East 17th Street (Union Square North), New York 



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Copyright, 1906, by The Baker & Taylor Company 



Published, October, 1906 



I LIBRARY of CONGRESS 
Two Copies Received 

0C1 19 1906 

Copyrieiit Entry 

cuS^ a. xxcNo. 

COPY B. 1 






The Trow Press, New York, U. S. A. 



To My Mother 

Who has always known how to help 
little people enjoy themselves 



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the fluttering and the pattering of the green things growing^ 
How they talk each to each, when none of us are knowing; 

In the wonderful light of the weird moonlight 
Or the dim, dreamy dawn when the cocks are crowing. 

1 love, I love them so — my green things growing. 

And I think that they love me, without false showing, 
For by many a tender touch they comfort me so much 
With the soft mute comfort of green things growing. 

— Dinah Mulock Craike. 



Foreword 

THIS book has a purpose beyond that of mere 
amusement. Its aim is to aid parents in fur- 
nishing not only entertainment but profitable 
employment as well, for their little ones — profit- 
able, in that work under the guise of play, makes for char- 
acter. The value of the things made is not in their finish, 
but in the training which they afford — a value ethical 
rather than intrinsic. 

Children throw aside as uninteresting the finished 
toys from the shops when they have once learned to make 
playthings for themselves. To an imaginative child the 
possibilities of green things growing, of other materials 
provided by the changing seasons, and of the apparently 
useless trifles to be found in any home, are endless, and far 
surpass in permanent interest the realm of magic. In 
giving tangible form to the creatures imagined, thought is 
ripened into action and childhood's natural desire for ex- 
pressed imagery satisfied. 

In making use of these apparently inappropriate 
materials in the construction of their own toys resource- 
fulness is engendered, practical intelligence stimulated, the 
inventive faculty cultivated, sympathetic acquaintance with 
nature broadened, and manual dexterity increased — all of 
which will later in life prove of inestimable value. 

Then, too, such employment strengthens, or in some 
instances, creates the ability to get pure enjoyment out 
of the near at hand little things, which makes for perma- 
nent happiness. 

The whole nature of a child cries out for self activity. 
Producing by his own efforts something that satisfies his 

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own needs gives him the keenest possible pleasure, and 
puts into him that energy which results in love of work. 

There is no more interesting study for grown ups than 
that of children at play with dolls and animals of their own 
making. The more imaginative children prefer the flower 
dolls which fade or die quickly and then go to take their 
places in the sky to which they give the beautiful colors 
on sunset evenings. Others, natural little gad-a-bouts, 
always play ^'come to see/^ while in some practical little 
souls the spirit of motherhood is so strong that, to them, 
every doll is a baby doll, and everything they play with, 
from a clothes-pin to a poker, must be mothered — sung 
to and cared for, petted and rocked. 

Boys, with their more belligerent tastes, prefer to 
make Indians and soldiers out of the same materials that 
their sisters would convert into the most peaceful of citi- 
zens. Those in whom the sense of humor is strong make 
every face a comic one, while others put into the faces 
drawn by them the demure, trivial, or rugged features and 
expressions harmonizing with their ideas. 

An effort has been made to furnish in these pages 
suggestions for all sorts and conditions of children. The 
songs and jingles are for those who like to make rhymes, 
or to sing about everything that they do. 

Only a few of the dolls and animals children can make 
for themselves have been suggested. The possibilities of 
the subject are by no means exhausted. 

Margaret Coulson Walker. 

Des Moines, Iowa. 



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Contents 



Lady Hollyhock and Her Daughter 

The Cucumbers . 

Radishes and Corn 

The Radish Baby's Song . 

Radish Babies 

The Corn Lullaby 

Pansies .... 

Pansy Ladies 

Poppy Maids 

Poppy Lullaby 

Acorn and Burdock Eskimos 

Pigs 

Burdock Leaves and Clothes-Pins 

The Clothes-Pin Tribe 

An Irish (Potato) Woman and Her 

Creatures of Clay 

A Man of Clay . 

The Corn Husk Lady 

The Corn Cob Baby . 

Apple Jack .... 

Apple Jack's Story 

The Peanut Man 

The Peanut Chinese Woman 

The Acorn Family 

The Haws . \ . . 

The Gourds • . . . 

Gourd Men .... 

What the Gourd Man Said 

The Mender .... 

Hickory-Nut People . 

The Hickory-Nut Nurse 

The Kelp Maiden 

The Kelp Maid's Song 

Morning-Glory Toadies 

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Family 



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Jack O' Lanterns . 

Pumpkin Pies 

Jack O' Lantern Dreams 

Rastus Prune 

Dinah Prune 

Pipe Dolls 

Paper Dolls 

Handkerchief Dolls 

Pill-Box Dolls . 

The Straw Indian 

The Dried Peach Indian 

The Softening of the Snows 

Pastry Creatures 

The Doughnut Man 

The Gingerbread Maid 

The Yarn Child . 

Rag Dolls 

Rag Babies . 

Tissue-Paper Ladies 

Humpty-Dumpty 

Cinderella^ s Coach 



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Illustrations 

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1.— Hollyhock Place .4 

2. — Lady Hollyhock and Her Daughter. — (Color) . 20 
3. — Undressed Figures of Lady Hollyhock and Her 

Daughter. — (Corner piece) . . . .21 
4. — Lady Cucumber and Her Son. — (Corner piece) . 24 
5. — Lord Cucumber. — (Color) . . . . .25 

6. — The Radish Baby. — (Corner piece) . . . .27 

7.— The Radish Bsihy,— (Color) 29 

8.— The Corn Baby.^(Co^or) 33 

9. — A Pansy Blossom. — (Corner piece) . . . .36 
10. — Pansy Ladies. — (Bottle bodies) . . . .37 

11. — Pansy Ladies. — (Paper bodies) . . . .38 
12.— Poppy Maids.— (Co/or) . . , ... 41 

13. — iBurdocks in Fence Corner 43 

14.— The Bur Eskimo 45 

15. — Acorn Pig. — (Corner piece) . . , . .46 

16.^ — ^Acorn Pigs in Pen 46 

17. — Lemon Pigs. — (Color) 47 

18. — A Clothes-Pin. — (Corner piece) . . . .49 

19.— The Clothes-Pin Tribe 51 

20. — John and Priscilla Alden 53 

21. — An Irish (Potato) Woman. — (Color) ... 55 

22.— An Irish Pig ' 57 

23.— A Clay Sayage 59 

24.— A Corn Husk . . . . . . . .61 

25. — Cornelia Shucks 63 

26.— The Corn Cob Baby ..65 

27.— Apple Jack.— (Co/or) 67 

28.— The Peanut Man .71 

29.— The Peanut Chinese Woman 73 

30.— Acorn Tops.— (Tailpiece) ...... 77 

31. — ^An Acorn Man.— (Co/or) . , . . . . 75 

32. — ^An Acorn Woman.— (Co/or) . .79 

33.— The Haws 81 

34. — A Long-Necked Gourd Man. — (Corner piece) . 82 

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35.— The Weeping Gourd Man 83 

36.— The Laughing Gourd Man /85 

37.— The Green and Yellow Gourd Msm.— (Color) . 87 

38.— The Mender 89 

39.— A Hickory-Nut Nun 91 

40.— A Hickory-Nut Nurse 93 

41. — Pelicans Standing on Kelp Beds at Sea. — (Tailpiece) 96 
42.— The Kelp Maid . . . . . . . .97 

43. — Morning-Glory Ladies 100 

44. — The Rainbow. — (Tailpiece) . •. . . .101 

45.— A Jack O^Lantern . . . . . . . 103 

46.— Rastus Prune . . . . . . . .107 

47.— Dinah Prune . . . . , . . .109 

48.— A Clay Pipe Baby . . . . . . .110 

49. — Clay Pipe. — (Corner piece) . . . . .111 

50.— A Clay Pipe Clown.— (Co/or) ..... 113 

51.— A Clay Pipe Old Lady 115 

52.— A Clay Pipe Maiden.— (CoZor) . . . .117 

53.— Pattern for Paper Doll's Dress and Hat . . 120 

54.— A Paper Doll . 121 

55.— A Handkerchief Doll - 123 

56.— A Pill-Box Doll 125 

57.— The Straw Indian . . . . . . .127 

58.— The Dried Peach Indian . . . . . .129 

59.— The Proud Snows . 131 

60.— The Tender Snows . 133 

61.— A Pie-Crust Mule 135 

62.— The Doughnut Man . . . . . . .137 

63.— The Gingerbread Maid . . . . . .139 

64.— A Cooky Moon 141 

65.— The Yarn Child .143 

66.— A Rag Couple 145 

67. — A Rag. — (Corner piece) 146 

68.— A Rag Baby 147 

69.— A Tissue-Paper Lady.— (CoZor) . , . . 149 
70. — Humpty-Dumpty ....... 152 

71. — Peanut Cinderella. — (Corner piece) .. . . 153 

72. — Cinderella in Her Coach 154 

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Lady Hollyhock 

AND HER FRIENDS 



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LORD CUCUMBER 



Radishes and Corn 



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The beautiful red radishes from the 
garden made the most charming of babies, 
with their leaves turned down for clothes 
and tied around with blades of glass. These 
and the corn babies were Florence's favorites. 
When the tender roasting ears were 
brought in from the garden the children all 
agreed that they were such dainty babies, 
just as they were, that it would spoil them 
to change them in any way. 

All they needed to do was just to open 
the green husk a little and there lay the 
most beautiful creamy white Corn Baby 
wrapped in the daintiest of silken garments. 
Florence hugged the Corn Baby close in 
her arms and as she rocked it to sleep sang 
to it a soft crooning little lullaby which she 
and the others had made up. Charlotte — 
and Mamma, too, had helped them a little 
\fc^^ with both the tune and words. As Florence 
sang to the baby in her arms the others joined her, singing 
softly always, and letting the song fade away almost to a 
whisper at the end that the baby might not miss the music 
when it was heard no more. 

Then the Corn Baby was tenderly laid in a cradle 
Tom had made by gluing two semi-circles of wood for rockers 
to a pasteboard spool box. The wooden circle which he 
had cut in two had once had a bolt of ribbon wrapped 
around it in a store. 



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The Radish Baby's Song 

(Tune: '^The Com Lullaby ^0 

Dear little red faced 

Baby in green, 
You are the brightest child 

That ever was seen, 
Though 'tis for your brightness 

That others may greet you, 
'Tis for your goodness 

That Mother will eat you. 



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THE RADISH BABY 



Radish Babies 

SOMETIMES Radish Babies too were put to sleep 
in spool box cradles, but more often they were 
eaten by their fond mothers, for Radish Babiea 
were not only good to look at, and good to play 
with, but good to eat, as well. 



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The Corn Lullaby 



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When you have closed your eye-lids in sleep, An -gels will o - ver you 




silk, soft and fine, 
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Rock-a - by, hush - a - by, lit - tie one,' dej 
They will bring dreams to you, lit- tie one, dear. 



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Poppy Maids 

GREAT beds of poppies grew at the end of the cottage 
at Hollyhock Place. To make poppy blossoms 
into dolls is the easiest thing in the world. All 
you have to do is to turn down the soft, silky 
petals, tie a blade of grass round them, and there you have 
a poppy maid, all finished and growing on a stem — a real 
flower fair3\ There is a small green seed pod inside, you 
know, and that is the poppy maid's head. 

After making a number of these without breaking 
their stems the children often laid a cucumber, or radish 
baby in the poppy bed and sang to it a soothing lullaby — 
one they had made up themselves. Perhaps they had a 
little help — I cannot say as to that. 

Poppies are the flowers that bring sleep you know. 

Before long, the poppy maids would fade away and 
others would take their places. The dead ones were quietly 
buried near their friends, and soon after, at sunset, their 
colors were seen in the sky, as were those of many dead and 
gone, hollyhock and morning-glory ladies. None of these 
ever lived to be very old. 



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Poppy Lullaby 

Dainty Poppy maidens, 

From Dreamland far away, 

Gather round baby's cradle 
In your garments gay. 

Gentle Poppy maidens, 

Call the Sandman near. 

With his dreams from Dreamland 
For our baby dear. 

Gentle Poppy maidens. 

Whisper what you would 

Baby will heed your message 
Bidding her be good. 



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POPPY MAIDS 



Acorn and Burdock Eskimos 

ALONG the orchard fence grew great broad leaved 
burdocks crowned with purphsh pink tipped 
burs, which early in the season were made into 
all sorts of useful and beautiful objects — baskets, 
hanging baskets, cradles, sofas, chairs, tables and many 
other things. 

In autumn, when the large acorns with fringed cups 
began to fall, the children gathered them and made them 




into Eskimos. One acorn was used for the body, and one 
for the head, with the point on the end for a nose. Twigs 
of the oak served for arms and legs. 

The warmest of fur overcoats was made of the ripened 
burdock burs, while the furry fringed cup of the acorn made 
a cap that would have delighted the heart of any Eskimo. 

Then Eskimo huts or igloos were made of the burs or 
^^furs'^ as the children called them. Of course every one 
knows that real igloos are made of blocks of ice or snow,. 

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not of fur, but ice was not to be had at that season of the 
year and would not have been comfortable to work with 
anyway. 

As the bur Eskimo was in immediate need of a home 
the little Wests made him the very best one they could of 
the materials at hand. A very neat round hut was made 
of burs and that it might appear more real, both it and 
the ground were covered with cotton snow, making a real 
arctic landscape. 



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THE BUR ESKIMO 



Pigs 




^^Why don't you make animals as well as 
^ people out of fruits and vegetables, children?'' 
said Papa one day. 

Why hadn't they to be sure? They had 
never thought of such a thing, but when they did it was 
not long before the place was stocked with all sorts of strange 
animals. 

The first piece of vegetable live stock the little Wests 
owned was a lemon pig which Uncle John made for them 
from a lemon, two white headed pins, and four matches. 

With a knife a small gash was cut for a mouth; then 
ears were cut from the skin. These were left fastened to 
the lemon at the front edge. 

Then pigs must have pens ! So pens naturally followed 
— pens of corn cobs put together in rail fence fashion. 

Later in the season there were acorn pigs in pens made 
of sticks and straws. 




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Burdock Leaves and Clothes- Pins 

Burdock leaves as well as the burs were used by the 
children in their plays. Hats and shawls were made of 
them — but best of all were the burdock leaf 
wigwams. 

To make these^ twigs or tent poles were stuck 
in the ground and burdock leaves folded round 
them in tent fashion. The points of the leaves 
were torn off to make them the right shape. 

Then there had to be Indians to live in the 
wigwams and these were made of clothes-pins. 
Nothing could be easier to make than a clothes- 
pin Indian. 

First the features are marked out on the head 

of the pin, then a band of paper pasted round the 

top and a feather stuck in at the back for a war-bonnet; 

and a square of stiff paper folded around the clothes-pin, 

for a blanket, and the Indian is finished. 

The little Wests made whole villages of burdock wig- 
wams with clothes-pin braves standing guard at the doors. 
Tom always liked stories of enchantment, so he made 
up one about these wooden Indians. 



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The Clothes-Pin Tribe 

JOURNEYING across the country a lone traveler 
chanced upon an Indian village. Such Indians as 
he saw there were unknown to him, and neither 
did he know that Indians of any kind dwelt in 
that part of the land. 

Strange to him, too, were the wigwams, or teepees, 
of the unknown tribe. All of the wigwams with which 
he was familiar were covered with either blankets or skins. 
These were of the leaves of the burdock and much smaller 
than any he had ever seen — fit only for the homes of a 
pigmy tribe — and such it proved to be. 

Guarding every wigwam stood an Indian, while others 
were scattered about the encampment. 

As the traveler gazed on the scene before him, his aston- 
ishment grew when he saw that not a figure moved. Every 
man stood up straight and silent. 

Inquiring of a passer-by, one who seemed acquainted 
with the regions round about, the traveler asked the mean- 
ing of what he saw, and learned that the pigmy tribe was 
ruled by a giant, who years ago had departed for a great 
city where he hoped to bargain with the people for the sale 
of the tobacco which his tribe produced. The sample he 
carried was in the form of a package of cigars, bound about 
by a strip of twisted tobacco leaves. 

For the crime of tempting people to make use of that 
which would harm them the giant Indian and his pigmy 
tribe had had a spell cast over them, which turned them 
to wood, took away their speech, and rendered them mo- 
tionless. 

From the time when the spell came over them no Indian 

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in all the tribe had so much as winked an eye. And all 
would remain as they were till the spell was broken. 

All stood just as they did at the moment when the 
enchantment fe 1 upon them — the sentinels stock still at 
the doors of their tents, and the others stiff and straight 
in the places where that awful moment had found them; 
the giant chief stood just as he did on that day, ever holding 
out the package of cigars bound about by the twisted band 
of tobacco leaves. 

When some paleface should take from the hand of 
the giant Indian the cigars which he offered, the spell would 
be broken, but to this day no such paleface had come. 

This was the story Tom told Grandpa, the lone traveler, 
when asked about his clothes-pin Indian village with its 
burdock wigwams. And Grandpa said that it was no doubt 
true, for he, himself, had seen the giant Indian chief stand- 
ing, wooden and silent, on a city street, offering cigars to 
every passer-by. 



The Thanksgiving season brought to mind the other 
early settlers of America, and these, too, were represented 
by clothes-pin men and women, while the rude cabins of 
our forefathers were represented by corn-cob cabins chinked 
with mud. 

John Alden in his tall Pilgrim hat and Priscilla in her 
gown of gray and kerchief of white were favorite figures 
in these early history plays of the West children. 



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JOHN AND PRISCILLA ALDEN 



An Irish (Potato) Woman and Her Family 

SOME of the j oiliest visitors were from the potato 
patch. They were Irish, of course, and every 
one knows how much fun there is in all Irish 
people. There was not a serious looking one in 
the whole family. 

The mother had a most peculiar face, round and plump 
and happy, but deformed. Though she had more than 
the usual number of eyes, they were not located so she 
could use them as eyes. 

One was on her cheek just where others sometimes 
have dimples, so she used that for a dimple. Another was 
on her forehead, and another just where an eye should 
have been for seeing purposes. But, sad to tell, this one 
had a sprout in it, and a sprout in the eye would ruin any 
one's sight. 

Had it not been for the little Wests, the Irish woman 
might have been blind all her life. With an ordinary lead 
pencil an operation was performed on her face which gave 
her a beautiful round eye just opposite the afflicted one. 

This so pleased her that a broad smile spread over 
her face — a smile that she wore as long as she lived — and 
that was reflected in the faces of all of her family. 

If you had asked her how it happened that they were 
always smiling, she would have said, ^^Sure, smiles are 
catching, just like measles." When one in a family has 
them, they all do. Yes, they're just as catching as measles, 
and much pleasanter to have. 

Other potatoes were made up into gay Irish maidens, 
with early rose complexions, and into Irish men, with sun- 
browned faces, and into sturdy Irish children. 

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AN IRISH (POTATO) WOMAN 



These were able to stand up very nicely too, having 
good substantial Irish (potato) feet. 

And who ever heard of an Irish family without a pig? 
And were not potatoes the most natural things in the world 
to make pigs of? 

Nothing could have been easier to make. A long 
potato was the body, four matches the legs, two pins the 
eyes, while a curled dandelion stem made the most natural 
pig tail imaginable. 




AN IRISH PIG 



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Creatures of Clay 

HAVE you ever made men and animals of mud? 
You can do almost anything with it when it 
is just soft enough. If it is too dry it is 
sure to crack. Clay is best, but any kind of 
mud will do. 

The little Wests spent hours and hours making people 
and villages of clay — for there was a most delightfully damp 
bank by the brookside, where the clay seemed made for 
young artists. 

After modeling a few men, the children began to 
notice just how large a head ought to be, for a certain sized 
body, and how far down the arms ought to reach, and 
whether the legs were longer or shorter than the arms. 

At first, though, they made some funny looking 
creatures. Lady Hollyhock must have smiled more than 
ever when she saw two of them coming. Or maybe she 
was frightened. 

One of them was a savage with excelsior hair standing 
out all over his head. The only clothing he wore was a 
skirt of leaves fastened about his clumsy waist. 

His companion was a dwarf negro made by Ted, a 
larger playmate of the West children. Ted never would 
be serious. He told the children that the ugly dwarf had 
spoiled his looks by looking and listening too much. His 
looks certainly had been spoiled in some way. 

Cousin Charlotte made a rhyme about him, which 
seemed to explain his appearance pretty well. 



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A CLAY SAVAGE 



A Man of Clay 

This poor soul has looked till his eyes stand out 
And listened till his ears are immense; 

And though his mouth has grown large from talking much^ 
He says never a word of sense. 

For his brain is so muddled, he never can think, 

Whatever he may see, hear, or say. 
He was not made to understand. 

He is only a man of clay. 



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The Corn Husk Lady 

Through the mail one day the Httle 
Wests received a box bearing a Nebraska 
post mark. On opening it they saw the 
queerest doll imaginable, all neatly packed 
in crushed tissue paper. 

This was a lady doll made entirely of 
corn husks and corn silk. The silk was for 
hair, of course, and very real looking hair 
it made. A bunch of the thinner, softer 
husks had been tied together for the head 
and body; a flat piece was laid over the 
place where the face was to be, and a 
string drawn tightly around it about an 
inch from the top making a very neat, 
shapely head and neck. Water color 
paints were used to make the clear blue 
eyes, rosy cheeks, and other features. Curly brown corn 
silk was next fastened on for hair, and two rather stiff 
rolls of husks served for arms. 

Then the lady was dressed in the most elaborate gar- 
ments. She wore a gathered waist, large sleeves, and a 
very full skirt. On her head was a bonnet, wonderful to 
behold. Like her gown and parasol, it, too, was made 
entirely of corn husks. 

A letter that came with the doll said that it had been 
made by a little crippled girl living on a Nebraska farm 
and who had made the husk dolls for amusement at first, 
but that since she had learned to make them so well many 
of her dolls had been sold. What she had begun for mere 
pleasure was now a source of profit to her. 

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The letter said^ also^ that in making her dolls this little 
girl always soaked the husks to soften them and to keep 
them from tearing while the dolls were being made. 

In looking about for a name for the new visitor the 
children decided upon ^ Cornelia ^' as the name best suited 
to one of her nature and general makeup. 

When Papa was asked to suggest a last name for the 
young lady from Nebraska he said he thought ^^ Shucks ^^ 
would probably be as appropriate as any other, so Cornelia 
Shucks she was called. 

On the very day the young lady arrived the children 
hunted up some nice clean corn husks and put them to soak 
in warm water. There were thin white pieces which came 
next to the corn, and butter colored strips, and deep brown 
ones — variety enough for any doll's wardrobe. After an 
hour or two of soaking, the husks were taken from the water 
and wiped as dry as possible and then they were ready. 

After much examination of the fair Cornelia's form 
and style of dress the little Wests were able to make quite 
respectable looking husk dolls. Of course, the first ones 
were a trifle clumsy, but after a while these children were 
able to make and dress lady dolls as fine as Cornelia Shucks 
herself. 



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CORNELIA SHUCKS 



The Corn Cob Baby 

THE corn cob doll is a hardy little thing, able to 
endure the hardest usage. 
It has no features, to speak of, and a dread- 
fully pock-marked face — yet no play baby is 
dearer to the heart of its owner than the corn cob baby. 

Baby Bunnie gave her corn cob child a little more 
style than such babies usually have, by wrapping it about 
as babies are sometimes wrapped in foreign countries. 

Red cobs were made into Indian babies, and bound 
into bark cradles, and hung up in the trees, like real 
papooses. 




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Apple Jack 

FROM the Orchard came Apple Jack, a most agree- 
able gentleman. 
Lady Hollyhock was not the only person who 
was proud to receive him. Everybody liked him, 
not alone for his engaging smile and pleasant manner but 
because of his goodness. 

Then he could always be depended upon to stand by 
his friends, and the advice he gave was always of the best. 
But we will let him tell his own story. 



APPLE JACK'S STORY 

Apple Jack is the name I bear 

And it suits me well, I ween: 
My home was once in an apple tree 

Among the leaves so green. 

My head and body were separate then 

With never a stick between. 
Though both are now of the richest red, 

When young, like the leaves they were green. 
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APPLE JACK 



Each part of me swung on a separate bough 
The whole long summer through— 

My color was changed by the sun's warm rays 
I was washed by the rain and the dew. 

When the autumn came I had a great fall 

Which was the making of me, 
For a boy chanced that way and took me up 

And made me the man you see. 

Though I never can do any work for this friend 
Who helped me to be what I am, 

I'll stand by him through trouble and joy 
And always prove loyal and calm. 

If he should choose to take me in 

I would cause him never an ache, 

For, since he was the making of me, 
I'd go down for friendship's sake. 

As long as on the earth I stay 

I will try to give him joy. 
With a beaming smile upon my face 

I will always greet this boy. 

The world looks so funny through apple-seed eyes, 

To laugh is all I can do; 
And when I go, ^^ Greet your friends with a smile '^ 

Is the message I leave to you. 



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The Peanut Man 

THE Peanut Chinese man was made of eight peanuts 
— one for the head, one for the body, one for 
each arm and two for each leg. All had double 
kernels, except the one forming the head. 
These peanuts were fastened together by heavy thread. 
The needle was run crosswise through the end of one nut; 
then through the end of the nut joining it, and the thread 
tied in a hard knot. 

The face was drawn with a pen and ink. The back 
of the head and bottoms of the feet were solidly inked for 
hair and shoes and the cue was of braided black silk 
thread, sewed to the top of the head. Over the place where 
the cue was fastened, a disk of stiff paper was glued for 
a hat. 

When crinkled tissue paper was gathered around the 
neck and arms to form a loose jacket and around the legs 
for wide trousers, the Peanut Chinese man was complete. 



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THE PEANUT MAN 



The Peanut Chinese Woman 

THE Peanut Chinese woman was not dressed like a 
real Chinese woman. Living in America, she 
was beginning to like skirt-like gowns better than 
the baggy trousers of her own people. Her sleeves, 
too, had just a little of the American look. 

But when it came to dressing her hair the real Chinese 
style suited her best. The heavy black silky loops were 
caught up and held in place by long pins such as she had 
used in her native land. 

Her garments, like those of the Peanut Chinese man, 
were of crinkled tissue paper, though the little Wests pre- 
tended they were of silk. 

They wanted these dolls to have silk clothing like real 
Chinese people, but as they did not have the goods, they 
just imagined that the paper was silk and were happy in 
the make-believe. 



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THE PEANUT CHINESE WOMAN 



The Acorn Family 

IN the autumn when the acorns began to fall the 
children found no end of amusement in making 
them up into all sorts of people and animals. 

Some were converted into soldiers — Japanese, 
with blue kimonos and Russians with long fur overcoats — 
and often they were lined up for battle. Ruthlessly the 
children shot them down with bean shooters. Since their 
sympathies were with the Japs, of course the Russians suf- 
fered most, 3^et there were losses on both sides. 

While the brown of the acorns suggested Japs and 
Filipenos, it was equally suggestive of our own negro 
people, so nmnbers of these were made with their blue 
checked gowns and red bandanas. 

Then there were just ordinary acorn men and women, 
with acorn heads on toothpick necks, and bodies of twisted 
paper. 

One attractive pair was dressed in corn-colored crinkled 
tissue paper. A round disk of the paper was pasted to the 
top of the head of each for the brim of a hat, and the cup 
of the acorn pasted over that for a crown. No prettier 
doll hats could be imagined. 

The shoes these little people wore were of ink. 

Everything the acorn family had was made, like them- 
selves, of acorns. Their cups and saucers, their plates, their 
baskets, their tops, and their pigs, even, were of acorns. 

Tom enjoyed the tops most. These were made by 
running slender toothpicks, or shoepegs, about halfway 
through the acorns which spun on their own points. Games 
were often played with these tops. 

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AN ACOEN MAN 



When any one wanted to know which army would be 
victorious in battle two tops were set spinning on a plate 
and each named for an opposing army. The one falling 
over first was defeated, of course. Sometimes one spun 
itself off the plate. That meant a retreat. 

Disks of bright colored paper were often placed above 
the top on the toothpick or shoepeg. When red, orange, 
yellow, green, blue, and violet were used and all the tops 
set spinning at the same time, this meant that a rainbow 
had gone to pieces and each color was doing its best to 
get back into its proper place. 



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Note : 

An acorn is used for the body of each of these dolls, 
and tooth-pick arms and legs inserted as in Apple Jack. 



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AN ACORN WOMAN 



The Haws 





THE members of the 
Haw family were 
not very different 
from those of the 
Acorn family. Why should 
they be? They had lived 
side by side in the same 
wood all their 
lives, and had 
grown up to- 
gether under the same circumstances. 

Their complexions were different, to be 
sure, but aside from this and the differ- 
ence in the shape of their heads, they were 
built on exactly the same lines — 
/ H round bodies, slender arms and 

legs. 
Like the Acorn family some had perfectly 
stiff limbs, while others were provided 
with joints The first 
were supposed to 
have rheumatism. 

The only won- 
der is that they 
did not all have it, 
going about as they 
did, without any 
clothes, in all sorts 
of weather. 





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The Gourds 



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The little Wests each fancied a different 
style of doll. Eugenie like dressed up visiting 
^' dolls, Florence played mother to baby dolls in 
long dresses, Tom liked what he called ^^ funny 
fellows^' and Indians, while baby Bunnie 
always insisted on her children keeping house. 
Tom's favorites, the funny fellows, came 
from the squash patch and gourd vines. It 
, was not necessary to even dress these. All 
XJ"-"^ one had to do was to dip a match in ink and 
mark out faces on them. 

These faces could be made either sunny and cheerful 
or sour and sad by changing the directions of the lines. 
Lines turning upward made the happy faces and those 
turning downward made the troubled ones. 

The oval yellow gourds were made into fat men and 
Humpty Dumpties. These Tom used to make run races 
with each other by rolling them down hill. Which do you 
think always beat, the fattest and largest, or the smaller 
ones? 



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THE WEEPING GOURD MAN 



Because I had no arms and legs 
I used to grieve and cry. 



Gourd Men 

NONE of the Gourd men ever had the appearance of 
being either sensible or well behaved. But one 
ought not to expect sense and dignity from any 
of their race, for, all over the world, those who 
liave neither are said to be as ^^ green as a gourd." 

It was only the gourd babies who seemed to know 
anything at all about behaving properly. Strange as it 
may seem, the younger members of this awkward family 
were as sweet and quiet as any babies in the whole vegetable 
kingdom. 

Some of these gourd children were made by using the 
large part for a head and putting a deep frill about the neck 
for a gown. This was held in place by a pin run through 
both gown and baby. 

Others were made by using the slender part for a head 
and putting the same kind of a frill about the neck for a 
dress. The last kind could sit up as well as any real child. 

It was the easiest thing in the world to make rhymes 
about these dolls — indeed the rhymes seemed to almost 
make themselves. 



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THE LAUGHING GOURD MAN 



Now IVe learned to roil about so well 
I can pass all the peg-legs by. 



What the Gourd Man Said 

I^m as queer a fellow 

As ever was seen 
With face of yellow 

And hair of green. 

With seeds in the place 

Where my brain ought to be- 
You can^t expect much 

From a fellow like me. 



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THE GREEN AND YELLOW GOURD MAN 




The Mender 



A STRANGE creature made of spools, a thimble, 
and needles was called ^^The Mender/^ But it 
was not because he ever really did any mend- 
ing. He never did anything but stand where he 
was put, in the stiff est way imaginable. 

Even though he never did do anything, he was of some 
use in the world, for his very presence seemed to say, ^^A 
stitch in time saves nine.'' 

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Hickory-Nut People 

HICKORY nuts were rather hard to make into 
dollS; for it was almost impossible to make their 
heads stay on. But by putting close fitting 
caps on them under their bonnets, and bringing 
the cloth down and tying it at the neck with a string, this 
extended cap made a very good oundation for a body. 

It was found that bonnets and long capes were the 
most becoming garments for these dolls, as they seemed to 
harmonize best with the caps. 

Since Nuns and Nurses both dress in this way, the 
greater number of the Hickory-nut family turned out to 
be Nuns and Nurses. 



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A HICKORY-NUT NUN 



The Hickory-Nut Nurse 

The hickory-nut nurse has a hard, hard face 
But a heart that is tender and true; 

She could not change her looks, you know, 
And neither can I, or you. 

But we can be helpful and kind and good 
To all whom we meet and know, 

So they never will think of our looks at all, 
But of the goodness that Ues below. 



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A HICKORY-NUT NURSE 



The Kelp Maiden 

IN August Uncle John came all the way from California 
to make a visit at Hollyhock Place. The little Wests 
never tired of hearing him tell of the wonderful 
things that grew in that western land — of trees higher 
than church spires — of sea-gulls and pelicans — and of the 
queer California Woodpecker that bores holes in the 
trunks of dead trees and pounds an acorn into each hole 
for future use. 

As the family sat out under the trees this jolly old 
uncle of theirs seemed to take as much interest in the funny 
home-made dolls as the children themselves did. It was 
he who showed them how to make the great fat-faced 
Humpty Dumpties out of the oval yellow '' darning 
gourds'' as Mamma called them. 

And what fun they had making jingles — Uncle John 
and the little Wests. Songs he called them, and they were, 
too, for a tune always came with the words when he made 
them. 

When their uncle left to go back to his California home 
the children missed him greatly and watched eagerly for 
the letter he promised them when he reached home. Two 
whole weeks passed before the letter arrived. When it 
came there was a small package with it. 

What was in the package? There is no need to tell, 
the letter will explain. Here is the letter which made the 
children laugh as much as if Uncle John himself had been 
there telling them what he had written. Charlotte played 
and sang the song for them till they all learned it. But as 
I said, here is the letter: 

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San Diego, Calif., 

September 1st, 1906. 

My Dear Nieces and Nephew: — ■ 

What do you think ? 
Your Uncle John is getting the doll habit ! Since I visited 
you half the things I see turn into dolls as I look at them, 
and I immediately begin to make songs or jingles about 
them just as you do. As I sit at the table the dishes even, 
take doll form in my mind. The plates seem to have great 
moon faces, while the sugar bowl seems to stand with shoul- 
ders thrown up and arms akimbo like an awkward china 
washerwoman. The knives, forks and spoons are almost 
human with their shining faces. 

This morning as I passed a bake-shop and glanced in 
at the window, the cakes and buns seemed to laugh and 
wink at me with the fat faces of their bakers. 

The doll I send you today was made of kelp by a little 
California girl. Kelp is a heavy leathery sort of sea-weed 
that washes ashore about here. There are great beds of 
it off the coast of California. It grows so thickly that it 
gives the water a brown appearance and the long leathery 
leaves are strong enough to bear up pelicans and other sea- 
birds that one often sees apparently standing on the water. 
Visitors to California often take home beautiful baskets and 
other things woven from strips of this strong leathery weed^ 
which is brown on the outside and creamy white inside. 

This little kelp maiden I got for you several days ago 
and as I have watched her standing on the mantel-piece 
with that dissatisfied look on her face, she seemed to sing 
this song to me, and as I listened I seemed to hear the plash 
and feel the rolling of the waves which used to rock her to 
sleep out on the kelp beds at sea. 

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I wonder if it will seem the same to you? I know 
she will be a warning to you against discontent which is 
sure to spoil the pleasure of anyone if it is allowed to get 
into his life. 

I am hoping that the little kelp maid may grow cheerful 
through associating with Lady Hollyhock and her friends. 
They all have happy faces as I remember them — as happy 
as those of three cheery little nieces and a jolly little 
nephew of 

Your affectionate, 

Uncle John. 




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MORNING-GLORY LADIES 



Morning-Glory Ladies 

MORNING-GLORY ladies were made by slipping 
a flower cup upside down over the stem of a 
seed pod, leaving the pod for a head. Morning- 
glory ladies always died young. Indeed, they 
hardly Uved at all. 

The spirits of these lost flower children were not only 
seen in the sunset skies but in the rainbow, too. And when 
the little Wests saw the great, beautiful bow in the sky, 
they always repeated the words of old Nokomis to Hiawatha : 

'^Tis the heaven of flowers you see there, 
All the wild flowers of the forest. 
All the lilies of the prairie. 
When on earth they fade and perish 
Blossom in that heaven above us.^' 




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Jack O' Lanterns 

THE children planted pumpkin seeds early in the 
season and hoed and cared for the vines them- 
selves, that they might have their own pumpkins 
for Hallowe'en, and what fun they had with 
them! And how delightfully scarey they were, when 
made into Jack O' Lanterns! Some one said they were 
pumpkin ghosts. 

Two dreadful ones were placed on the gate posts to 
frighten Papa when he came home after dark. He guessed 
right away who had put them there. 

Others were carried about on poles with sheets hanging 
about them, in solemn procession. 



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A JACK O'LANTERN 



Pumpkin Pies 

NOT all of the pumpkins were used for Jack 
O'Lanterns, though. Some were given to 
Mamma to make into delicious pumpkin pies. 
Poor little Tom ate too much of the pies^ 
and his greediness made him have frightful dreams and a 
terrible pain in his stomach. 

The verses Cousin Charlotte and the others made about 
his dream made greedy Tom feel very much ashamed. 



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Jack O' Lantern Dreams 

Once a greedy little boy 

Ate too much pumpkin pie at night, 
And the awful dreams he had 

Made his hair stand up in fright. 

Dreadful grinning pumpkin faces 
Crowded all around his bed, 

And every grinning pumpkin face 
Showed a fire inside the head. 

^^We are ghosts/' the faces shouted, 
^^Of the pumpkins in those pies, 

If you had not been so greedy, 

We would not before you rise.'' 

Then the dreadful firelit faces 

Faded slowly out of sight. 
But the awful pain inside him 

Lasted nearly all the night. 



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Rastus Prune 

RASTUS was a peculiar looking negro, with wrinkled 
face and goggle eyes. 
Paper teeth with a red lip line running 
around them were fitted into a wrinkle of his 
prune face and fastened by a touch of mucilage. His 
paper eyes were fastened on in the same way. 

With a light paper vest neatly fitted over his prune 
body and a paper collar round his peg neck he was as neat 
a colored gentleman as could be found anywhere. 

Then his chamois-skin suit with hat to match, gave 
him such style as any one might be pleased to copy. 

His checked trousers were his special pride, for they 
never bagged at the knees or got out of shape in any way. 
On this account he was perfectly satisfied to be a peg-leg. 

His feet, though, gave him some trouble. They were 
always getting out of shape. Being made of raisins, an 
ordinary step was likely to make them swing round and 
look as though they would prefer to take him the other way. 

But Rastus smiled on, thinking, no doubt, that this 
apparent deformity would prove a great convenience when 
it came to dancing a ^^backstep.'^ 



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RASTUS PRUNE 



Dinah Prune 

DINAH, the mother of Rastus, was just a plain 
sensible colored woman, wearing a dark gown, 
and a bandana head dress. 

Like most colored women of her age, she 
always wore a neat kerchief folded across her breast, and 
a large apron to protect her gown. 

Though she was no beauty, she was good. All who 
knew her liked her, and the same might be said of her son. 
Like him, she was made of prunes and toothpicks, and 
stood on raisin feet. 



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A CLAY PIPE BABY 



Pipe Dolls 

Not all the dolls made by these children 

were of fruits, flowers and vegetables. In 

fact it was a poor scrap that they could not 

make into a satisfactory plaything. And 

not only the little Wests enjoyed them but 

Mamma was just as much interested in the 

making as were the children themselves. 

I One evening a little party of friends 

I was gathered together at Hollyhock Place 

and for amusement Mamma gave each a 

clay pipe, a lead pencil, a square of white 

and a square of colored tissue paper and 

5 requested each guest to dress the pipe for 

: a doll. 

! To some this, at first, seemed impossi- 

! ble. One or two gentlemen asked to be 

excused, but when they saw the others meet- 
ing with such success they, too, became 
interested and went to work. Nearly all used needles and 
thread, but a few were most successful with mucilage to 
hold their materials together. 

It was funny to see the different expressions on those 
pipe faces. No two of them looked the least bit alike. 

The minister's wife did not use her colored paper at all, 
but from the white she made a long baby dress with a big 
bow in the back and a white cap with another big bow was 
made to cover the head. This baby had the tiniest httle 
eyes, nose and mouth you could imagine. 

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Another lady made a clown of her pipe, using orange 
paper for his clown suit and pasting white circles all over it. 
This was a neater clown than one ever seeks in a circus, for 
he wore the freshest of white ruffles at his neck, wrists and 
ankles. The bump at the bottom of the pipe made the 
funniest of chin whiskers for this queer creature who could 
not keep from laughing at himself — and no wonder. 



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A CLAY PIPE OLD LADY 



One of the ladies made her pipe into an old lady doll 
with folded kerchief and great tall cap. In this one the 
bump at the bottom of the pipe served as a nose — a large, 
ill shaped one to be sure, but a very good nose for all that. 

A very dignified gentleman who was present said he 
always liked to see a lady wear a sun-bonnet, so he drew a 
face inside of his pipe and made lines outside for ^^ slats'' 
that used to be put in old fashioned sun-bonnets. A 
woman who would wear a sun-bonnet would, of course, 
wear an apron, so a large white apron was put on this doll. 
Her face was a pretty one, but her hands were large and 
clumsy, showing that she had done hard work in her day. 

These last two dolls wore several full petticoats which 
enabled them to stand up like real people. 

There were a number of other good ones, but why tell 
you about them, for I am sure you can make some just as 
good as the best of these. 



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A CLAY PIPE MAIDEN 



Paper Dolls 

THE paper dolls were more like real people than 
any of the others. They were made by cutting 
heads from colored picture cards or from maga- 
zines and pasting them on cardboard bodies. 
Then double dress patterns were folded and cut to slip over 
the heads of the dolls, and on these patterns were pasted 
gowns of tissue paper in all colors and styles. 

The children were very particular about dressing their 
dolls in good taste, for they knew that by making neat, 
sensible doll clothes, they would learn how to dress them- 
selves tastefully when they grew older. 

The little girl dolls wore either plain gingham dresses 
with fresh white aprons, or simple white gowns. Their 
hats were plain, without feathers or flowers, as little girls' 
hats should be. 

Lady dolls wore dresses that were more elaborate. 
The colors in these always harmonized. 



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A PAPER DOLL 



Handkerchief Dolls 

No collection of make-believe would be complete 
without the handkerchief doll. 
Surely she is a simple child, just an ordinary 
handkerchief rolled from each side toward the 
center, then the top turned down, and the corners pulled 
out and tied around the body for arms, leaving a stuffy 
little head at the top, and a long skirt at the bottom. 

The handkerchief dolFs little brother is made to look 
a trifle different from her, by having the lower corners of 
the handkerchief, of which he is made, pulled out for feet. 
Towel dolls are larger members of the same family. 



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A HANDKERCHIEF DOLL 



Pill-Box Dolls 

ONE of Baby Bunnie's especial favorites was the 
handkerchief doll made over a round pill box. 
With a pencil a face was marked out on the box 
and around this a handkerchief was folded three- 
cornerwise and pinned under the chin. 

On dress occasions this little one wore around her 
neck a pretty fresh ribbon tied in a large bow with long 
ends. Could a more dainty child be found anywhere? 



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A PILL-BOX DOLL 



The Straw Indian 

LADY HOLLYHOCK'S visitors differed greatly in 
many ways. It was not only in looks that they 
varied, but in their very natures. And strange 
to say, many were different from what they 
seemed. 

Some who appeared bravest and strongest were the 
weakest. For instance, who would have thought, to look 
at the fierce appearing Straw Indian, in all the bravery 
of war-bonnet and blanket, that he was one of the weakest 
of them all? 

It was not his fault, poor fellow. He really wanted 
to be brave and strong. He showed that in both manner 
and dress. But with his weak constitution, how could 
he ever have gone into battle with the braves of his tribe? 
It had always been impossible for him to stand up for him- 
self, even, without something to lean on. 

He tried to make up for his natural weakness by dress- 
ing and acting like a brave, but it was useless. 

Exercise, which makes others grow strong, only made 
the poor Straw Indian weaker, and while he was yet young 
his constitution gave way and he was laid to rest by the 
little Wests, who loved him in spite of his weakness, beside 
others of his tribe. 

After the manner of real Indians he was buried in a 
sitting position, down in the orchard, near the clothes pin 
Indian village. 

However frail he may have been in life, now that the 
friendly earth supported him, none sat straighter than the 
lamented Straw Indian. 



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THE STRAW INDIAN 



The Dried Peach Indian 

THE Dried Peach Indian was just as different as 
could be from the Straw Indian. Being both 
strong and brave, he went out and did great 
deeds, as you can see by his war-bonnet. 
If he had been just an ordinary Indian brave, he would 
have had only two or three eagles' feathers at the back of the 
band encircling his head. 

But as every feather in an Indian's v>^ar-bonnet means 
some great deed done, any one can see the Dried Peach 
Indian had led a busy life. 



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THE DRIED-PEACH INDIAN 



The Softening of the Snows 

A snow man stood on the side of a hill, 

Stern and silent stood he, 
And though his manner showed but little grace 

It showed wonderful dignity. 

He carried himself as snow men do 
With his chin well up in the air, 

And he seemed to say without word of mouth, 
'^I^m better than you are, so there.' ^ 

His chest was as full as an alderman's chest, 

His head as round as a ball — 
And he wore, as such men usually do, 

A hat that was shiny and tall. 

The snow man's wife was much like her spouse. 

As she stood there by his side. 
Like him she was round, and silent, and stern. 

And equally dignified. 

Each treated the other with cold reserve, 
For their hearts were icy and chill; 

'Twould have made you shiver to look at them 
As they stood there on the hill. 
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THE PROUD SNOWS 



The kind old sun with his heart of gold, 
From his place in the sky above, 

Resolved to soften this icy pair 

With the tender warmth of his love. 

The greeting he gave was so tender and warm 
It melted their hearts of snow, 

And the moment they felt the warmth of love 
Their pride began to go. 

Then each toward the other more tender grew 
And softer toward all, it is clear; 

But as they nearer to each other drew, 
It was plain that their end was near. 

Each gave to the other a melting smile 
And tears flowed from their eyes. 

Then both sank into the friendly earth. 
The snow people's paradise. 



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Pastry Creatures 

BUT of all Lady Hollyhock's visitors, the little 
Wests enjoyed most those who came from the 
kitchen. 

When baking day came, Mamma always 
allowed the children to have a little pastry dough to make 
up into the forms they liked best. 

Pie crust was fashioned into all sorts of animals as 
well as into people. These kept their shape beautifully. 

Doughnut creatures, though good to have, were likely 
to lose their shapeliness as they grew in the fat. They 
did not suffer long, however, for they were soon eaten. 

The story of the Doughnut Man was always sung as 
one of these odd creatures disappeared. 

Sweetest of all were the Gingerbread Maids. It al- 
ways took a pan full of these favorites to satisfy the children. 
Verses were made about these, too, and often repeated. 



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The Doughnut Man 

(Tune : Old Grimes is Dead) 

The doughnut man is about to go 

Where we ne'er shall see him more; 
And with him will go his doughnut coat 
All buttoned down before. 

All buttoned down before, before. 
All buttoned down before. 
And with him will go his doughnut coat 
All buttoned down before. 



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The Gingerbread Maid 

The gingerbread maid is not at all fair 

As any one can see, 
But although she is not beautiful 

She's sweet as she can be. 

There isn't a maid in all the land 
Who has lovers so many as she, 

Yet she hasn't a single accomplishment, 
She's just sweet as she can be. 

Oh, Gingerbread Maid, come alive, if you can, 
And teach a lesson we all should know. 

Teach us how to be sweet to all that we meet, 
Then we'll have friends wherever we go. 



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The great round cooky moons were fine, too. Cooky 
dough seemed made on purpose for modeling. 



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The Yarn Child 

THE yarn child had a hard time in the world. You 
would not think it to look at her, but she did. 
The very first day of her life she was given 
to a baby who was so fond of her that he bit her, 
and tried to pull her to pieces; then squeezed and hugged 
and picked at her till it was a wonder she ever lived through 
it all — Lady Hollyhock never could have endured such 
treatment. 

But the yarn child did. Her main business in life was 
to amuse that baby, and, no matter how she was treated, 
her yarn eyes were just as wide open and her yarn smile 
just as broad as if she had always had the best of treatment. 



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Rag Dolls 

AT Lady Hollyhock's all visitors were treated alike. 
Those who came in rags were just as welcome 
as any. 

Here is one pair, Mr. and Mrs. Dry Goods, 
who came all in rags even to their faces. Indeed, they 
appeared so well that one hardly thought of their garb 
until attention was called to it. 

They were just as neat and clean as could be, though 
every part of them, from bodies to bonnets, had come out 
of the rag-bag. 

These rag people were made by first taking a small 
wad of cotton wool for the head of each and covering it 
with thin brown silk drawn tightly together at the back, 
where knots of black thread were made to look quite 
like hair. 

The features were drawn with a sharp pencil on each 
brown face while a stitch of white thread between the lips 
did very nicely for teeth. A small stitch of white was used 
in each eye, also. 

Tight rolls of cloth served for the bodies, arms, and legs. 
When these were sewed securely together, the little rag 
couple were ready to be dressed. 

As real people in dressing put on stockings and shoes 
first, these rag people did the same. The stockings they 
wore were cut from worn-out black silk gloves and sewed 
neatly up the back. The shoes and mittens were made 
from old kid gloves and fastened on with a few stitches. 

Then the rag couple were dressed quite like other dolls, 
very neatly, of course, for the little Wests did everything 
neatly. 

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Rag Babies 

Then there were the rag babies — I almost 
said the httle rag people — but that would not 
have been true^ for strange to say the babies 
were larger than the older members of the family. 
This does not seem so strange after all, when 
one stops to think, for in the whole rag world, 
everything grows smaller as it grows older. 

Some of these were just ordinary white babies 
while others belonged to the colored race. The Top- 
sies were made of brown cotton or silk, with faces 
done in water colors, and hair of French knots. 

But no matter what their color, or how they 
were made, the rag babies probably got more 
real love from their owners than any other dolls 
in the whole collection. 
Rag babies are made by folding a piece of paper length- 
wise and cutting the pattern of a half body free hand. 
This will insure the two sides being alike. 

After getting a good pattern, cut from muslin two 
pieces just alike for front and back, sew them together and 
stuff with cotton. 

The features can be made with either water colors or 
common ink thinned a little. 




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Tissue- Paper Ladies 

OTHER tissue-paper ladies were made by gluing 
an upright strip of wood to the center of a hori- 
zontal piece, like an inverted T, and wrapping 
it with cotton for a foundation. 
A ball of cotton was fastened to the top for a head, 
then covered with white tissue paper on which a face was 
drawn with a pencil. 

These ladies wore loose, flowing gowns, long capes, 
and large, comfortable bonnets tied under the chin. 
Tissue-paper ladies of this kind could stand alone. 



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Humpty-Dumpty 

HUMPTY-DUMPTY was made from an empty 
egg shell. First, holes were carefully picked 
in the shell and the egg blown out. Then the 
face and cap were drawn in ink on the shell. 
Wires covered with dark tissue paper were then put 
through the holes and bent into shape for arms and legs. 

If light-weight hairpins are used, two or three may 
be twisted together for legs and spread at the ends to form 
feet. These dolls can stand alone. 



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Cinderella's Coach 

^^I wish a fairy godmother would, 
come and make a Cinderella's coach 
for us out of this squash/' said Baby 
Bunnie one day. 

'^We can be our own fairy god- 
mother/' said little Florence, as she 
' set to work to make the wish come 

true. Soon there stood before them a 

wonderful coach made of that very 

squash — drawn by handsome peanut 

horses — and in it rode a beautiful 

^^■'' peanut Princess, while a little dark 

~^ " raisin footman with toothpick arms 

and legs rode at the back on a seat cut out for him. 

A hairpin was the axle which held the pasteboard wheels 

in place. 

The Princess was to drive straight to Lady Hollyhock's, 
where the footman would assist her in leaving the carriage. 
You, too, can be your own fairy godmother, and if you 
wish have a great ball, at which all of Lady Hollyhock's 
visitors may appear, not through the touch of a wand, but 
through the touch of the hand — and all of them will be so 
real that they will not fade away when the Princess goes. 

Would it not be best, after all, for every one of us to 
be our own fairy godmothers, so that when we want very 
much to have anything happen we can set things going to 
bring it about? Then the things wished for will not vanish 
away at the stroke of a clock, but will be ours always. 



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